Singapore, Singapore - A handout photo taken by Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore on June 10, 2018 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arriving at Singapore International airport in Singapore. Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump will meet on June 12 for an unprecedented summit in an attempt to address the last festering legacy of the Cold War, with the US President calling it a one time shot at peace.
(Terence TAN / Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore / EyePress)

Halmstad, Sweden - Seo Hyowon, right, from South Korea and Kim Song I from North Korea pose for photograph after a press conference in Halmstad, Sweden, Thursday, May 3, 2018. Ping-pong diplomacy is working for North and South Korea who have combined their women's tennis at the table tennis team world championships. The International Table Tennis Federation say the neighboring nations' team declined to play each other in a quarterfinals match on Thursday in Sweden. (Alan Siu/EyePress)

Shenzhen , China - A propaganda billboard of the ruling Chinese communist party in Shenzhen, southern China's Guangdong province, on March 29, 2018. China on Wednesday March 21, 2018 issued a blueprint for shaking up its bureaucracy that will sharpen the Communist Partyís power over films, books and newspapers, while raising the profile of hitherto secretive party groups that steer policy on the economy, the internet and foreign affairs. The plan, released by the state-run news agency Xinhua, complements narrower changes the national legislature approved on Saturday, which focused on merging government ministries, not the partyís powers. The latest, broader plan highlights just how far the partyís leader, President Xi Jinping, is committed to expanding its role. Here are the main changes.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Gary Fan Kwok-wai (right) from the pan-democracy camp wins back his seat at the Legislative Council after beating his rival from pro-Beijing loyalist Bill Tang of DAB in the Legco by-election in Hong Kong on March 11, 2018. Hong Kong's pan-democrats failed on Monday to take back the power to veto their rivals' moves, as their disqualified champion Edward Yiu Chung-yim lost his bid to re-enter the legislature. Earlier on Monday, Gary Fan Kwok-wai and Au Nok-hin won their races for the camp in New Territories East and Hong Kong Island respectively restoring some parity in the Legislative Council, both blocs having 16 seats each in the geographical group. Pro-establishment candidate Tony Tse Wai-chuen took the architectural, surveying, planning and landscape seat to enlarge the camp's dominance in the functional constituency group to 25 to 10. (Sunny Mok/EyePress)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Health workers with radiation protective suit stand by at a pier as evacuees arrive for radiation monitoring during a Codenamed Checkerboard II, the Daya Bay Contingency Plan (DBCP) exercise in Hong Kong on Dec 20 2017. The drill which tested the response capabilities of the Government in dealing with serious nuclear incidents continued this afternoon. The starting scenario of the exercise this morning simulated fault events at the Guangdong Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station (GNPS), which led to an off-site emergency situation involving a release of radioactive materials. Relevant government bureaux and departments co-ordinated various measures to respond to the incident. (Alan Siu/EyePress)

Palu, Indonesia - Unit of Mobile Brigade, an elite forces belonging to the Indonesian National Police, take part in the hunt for terrorists group, Easteren Indonesian Mujaheddin, led by Santoso in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on March 25, 2016. Not less than 2000 personnel of the Armed Forces of Indonesia and the Indonesian National Police of all units joined in Operation Tinombala 2016 to hunt the terrorist leader, Santoso and his group. Operation Tinombala 2016, 2nd will be over the next two months. (Jafar G Bua/EyePress)

ART

IRON FIREWORKS

March 3, 2018 > China By Niu Shupei/EyePress

Folk artists perform molten iron fireworks at a scenic area in Xuchang, central China's Henan province, on March 3, 2018. The tradition referred to as Dashugua (throwing tree flowers) is 500 years old and originates in Hebei province. Scrap iron is melted down at temperatures of 1,600 degrees Celsius and then thrown at a wall to create the effect. The throwing-iron ac ...

BUSINESS

XIAOMI IPO

July 9, 2018 > China By Gordon Ng/EyePress

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi advertising billboards in Beijing subway on July 7, 2018. Xiaomiís shares fell as much as 6 percent on debut in Hong Kong on July 9, 2018 due to valuation concerns, delivering a blow to investor sentiment in the tech sector where peers have lined up listings in the city. ...

JACK MA IN HONG KONG

ASIA NATURE

November 30, 2017 > China By FL Wong/EyePress

Colourful Parrot seen in bird park in Kuala Lumpur, November 30, 2017.
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TECH

SHARED BIKES IN CHINA

August 2, 2017 > China By Gordon Lin/EyePress

A Chinese worker rides a shared-bike Ofo in Beijing, China, on Aug 1, 2017. Ofo and Mobike, China's two largest bike-sharing startups, each has raised over $1bn since late last year in a cash war to expand market share at home and overseas. (Gordon Lin/EyePress) ...